Family: Agaricaceae Synonym: Agaricus procerus Common name: Honey combed mushroom, morel. Local name: Guichchhee ( गुच्छी) Guchchhee grows wild in hill forests between elevations of 1500 to 3000 metres.  It grows in the wild only and all efforts made to domesticate it have so far remained futile. This mushroom starts

Family: Fabaceae Synonyms: Medicago denticulate. Medicago hispida Common name: Bur clover Local name: Khokhna (खोखना) Khokhna is native to western and central Asia and countries around the Mediterranean.  It has now spread to all parts of the world and has been introduced widely around the world. It is found in

Family: Euphorbiaceae Synonyms:Euphorbia pentagona Local names:Chhoohin (छूहीं ),Danda thor (डंडाथोर), Chu (छूँ) Chhoohin is normally considered as a worthless plant of waste lands. It is a xerophyte shrub or small tree, which grows upto an elevation of 2000 metres in Western Himalayas. Chhoohin is a very common plant among barren

Family: DioscoriaceSynonyms: Dioscorea nummularifolia, Dioscorea glabra.Common name :RuidingLocal name: Taradi (तरडी) Taradi is a very slender vine that grows wild, mostly in forests of mid-hill region of Western Himalayas upto an altitude of 1800 m .  Though it is a very slender vine, which remains active only during the warm